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Disneyland guests can opt out of facial recognition at park entrances

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Guests visiting the Disneyland Resort in recent months may have noticed new facial recognition technology at the entrances to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, though guests don’t have to use the system if they choose not to, according to company guidelines. Disney says the technology is designed to streamline guest entry. The system captures an […]
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What RFK Jr. Doesn’t Get About Paid Family Care

What RFK Jr. Doesn’t Get About Paid Family Care

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While testifying in support of the Department of Health and Human Services’ budget before Congress this week, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attacked home-and community-based services, a Medicaid-backed program that provides over seven million disabled people the support they need to remain out of institutions. Specifically, Kennedy singled out the fact that some states […]
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The US Military Is 3D-Printing Warheads

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The US Army announced this week that it has successfully 3D-printed a drone-based warhead prototype, and successfully used that weapon to make something explode. In a press release, the military called the weapon “a lightweight, powerful, and lethal warhead that could be deployed from a small, agile drone.” In a video posted April 21 and […]
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Meet Paolo Zampolli, the Man at the Center of Trump’s Biggest Scandals

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Paolo Zampolli epitomizes why so many people hate the Trump administration. Zampolli serves as Donald Trump’s US special envoy for “Global Partnership” and is mired in controversies over this year’s World Cup, Jeffrey Epstein, and, according to the New York Times, ICE. He’s a shining example of people alleged to be scammer and abusers have […]
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Child pornography found on D4vd’s cellphone, prosecutors say in L.A. murder case hearing

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Singer D4vd was back in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Thursday morning, three days after he pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges in connection with the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. Thursday’s hearing set the date for a preliminary hearing for May 1. At that time, a judge will decide if there is […]
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37 arrested in Orange County Mexican Mafia gang federal takedown

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Dozens of alleged members and associates of the Mexican Mafia were arrested in a sweeping pre-dawn operation across Southern California on Thursday, federal authorities announced, targeting what officials describe as a violent criminal enterprise operating in Orange County. The takedown resulted in 37 arrests tied to three federal indictments, with a total of 40 defendants […]
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Transient charged with murder after 84-year-old set on fire in downtown L.A.

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A transient accused of brutally beating an 84-year-old man and then setting him on fire in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday was charged with murder after the victim died a day later, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. “This case involves an elderly man who was disoriented and living with dementia, conditions that […]
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Heat peaks Thursday before cool, rainy weekend in Southern California

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Southern California’s late-week warm temperatures will quickly cool over the weekend as a chance of light rain re-enters the forecast. “Today is expected to be the warmest day of the week,” KTLA meteorologist Kirk Hawkins said Thursday morning. The expected high in the San Fernando Valley is 81 degrees. A noticeable weekend cooldown will follow, […]
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